Abstract:
A seat belt fitting is provided which comprises a guide element mounted on a carriage that is movable along a rail or the like. The rail may be mounted on the "B" post of an automobile so that the position of the guide element can be adjusted up-and-down relative to the shoulder of a person sitting in the automobile. The carriage can be selectively retained in a plurality of different positions along the rail. In the invention a spring strip has one end connected to the carriage, and the other end wound into a spiral. The spiral portion of the spring is retained in a predetermined position and the spring imparts a bias to the carriage tending to cancel out a bias supplied to the carriage by the seat belt.
Abstract:
An adjustable anchor device comprises an elongated adjustment base, an adjustable anchor formed in a C shape cross-section and having a pair of opposing arms to enclose the adjustment base, an anchor member fixed to the adjustable anchor for supporting a shoulder belt, a lock member adapted to be engaged with an engaging opening on the adjustment base, and an interlocking means provided on the adjustable anchor for preventing said opposing arms from separating from each other.
Abstract:
The proposed safety-belt arrangement in a vehicle has a three-point belt, for which an upper deflecting fitting, together with a guide part of a belt feeder arm, is retained on the vehicle center column so as to be vertically adjustable on a common support. The belt lug of the feeder arm can consequently be made as small as possible, while still accommodating passengers of varying sizes.
Abstract:
An adjusting device for the point of articulation or the point of deflection of a safety belt in automotive vehicles permits continuous adjustment of the angle of articulation for the safety belt in contact with the shoulder of the vehicle occupant to a predetermined value with the aid of an electric pickup for the angle of articulation, arranged at the point of articulation or deflection, and a comparison circuit connected after this pickup, which comparison circuit contains the predetermined value.
Abstract:
An apparatus for adjusting the height of the upper fixing or guide fitting for the shoulder belt of a safety belt system, particularly in motor vehicles. The apparatus has a mechanism for automatically adjusting the vertical position of the fitting to the sitting position of the person who is to be strapped in, and there is the problem that a strict correlation between the setting of the seat in question and the vertical position of the associated fixing or guide fitting cannot take account of every combination of physical proportions and sitting positions to produce an optimum belt angle at which the belt meets the shoulder of the wearer. One reason for this is that even the associated columns or uprights of cars vary in their positions. In order to solve the problem of providing an apparatus of this kind which makes it possible to determine the optimum path of the shoulder belt independently of any given seat positions, there is proposed according to the invention an apparatus for sensing the belt in terms of at least one parameter of its effective connection to the wearer, and for initiating a reaction to the situation found. The apparatus may be constructed to sense the direction of travel of the belt, or to sense and measure the force with which the belt rests on the body of the occupant.
Abstract:
An installation for the height adjustment of the upper anchoring or deflection point for the shoulder belt of a belt system in a vehicle, with individual seats adjustable in the horizontal and/or vertical direction; a transmission installation is thereby interconnected between each seat and the coordinated anchoring or deflection point which during an adjustment of the seat so displaces the anchoring or deflection point that a height position of the anchoring or deflection point is achieved which is favorable for the belt user in relation to the adjusted seat position.
Abstract:
A buckle apparatus includes a buckle, a moving member, a sliding member and a guide member. A tongue of a seatbelt apparatus can be engaged with the buckle. By being moved, the moving member moves the buckle. The sliding member is provided at the moving member and moves together with the moving member. The guide member allows the sliding member to slide in accordance with movement of the moving member and guides the sliding member. Friction between the guide member and the sliding member is less than friction between the guide member and the moving member.
Abstract:
A seat belt guide assembly for a vehicle includes a webbing guide defining a slot for slidably receiving a seat belt web, a pivot mounted to the webbing guide, and a track configured to slidably receive the pivot and provide a path of travel for the webbing guide. A resilient member may be disposed within the track for biasing the pivot. The webbing guide includes a bottom and a cover together defining the slot, the cover being hingedly connected to the bottom at a first end and having a releasable closure disposed at an opposed end. The pivot may be defined by a stem attached to the webbing guide and a head attached to the stem. Configurations of the head provide a rotational and/or a pivoting movement of the webbing guide. A safety harness assembly incorporating the described webbing guide is provided also.
Abstract:
Method for controlling a vehicle including a smartphone-engaging coupling element. Data about operational status of the vehicle is transferred from one or more vehicle-resident systems to a smartphone when the smartphone is engaged with the coupling element. Commands are received by the vehicle from the smartphone when the smartphone is engaged with the coupling element, which commands being based in part on data previously transferred from the vehicle-resident system(s) to the smartphone when the smartphone is engaged with the coupling element. A vehicular system, e.g., seat positioning system, mirror positioning system, passenger compartment temperature control system, route guidance or navigation system, changes its operation in accordance with the commands received by the vehicle from the smartphone when the smartphone is engaged with the coupling element.
Abstract:
Method for enabling interaction with a vehicle including coupling a smartphone to the vehicle via a coupling element whereby the smartphone is removable from the coupling element and thus removable from the vehicle, and transferring data between the smartphone and the vehicle while the smartphone is coupled to the vehicle via the coupling element. The data transfer enables a large number of operations to be performed when the smartphone is coupled to the vehicle, including vehicle ignition authorization, accident prediction, collision avoidance, vehicular diagnostics and prognostics, remote communication capabilities, and optimization of emergency response personnel.